Aizia tumbled through the dark at the first drums of movement across the floor. She skidded to a halt at the giant body twisting past, rocking to life from her confines. The crashing of the ruins and screeching of chains being wrenched from their places was deafening.
At the colony’s release the water began to rise. Energy both collected within and spilled from the serpent as She reanimated, spurred on by chaos of the beings flying out beyond. To come alive again was comparable to a miracle. At the same time, it was as if She awoke in a sad dream.
2020
